The opening guests play Mario Kart on the Switch 2 (from left): Peter J. Mirski, Mario Gerber, Barbara Plattner and Christian Härting © Viktor Klein Business Gamers Heaven: 3,500 Visitors and Plans for 2026 In mid-June, the Gamers Heaven gaming community event took place in Tyrol for the second time. Despite summer temperatures, 3,500 visitors came to Telfs near Innsbruck. Plans are already underway for 2026. In addition to flagship events such as gamescom, regional and local gaming events are also enjoying ever-increasing By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
David Coghlan, General Manager of Havok © Havok Business How Its Anniversary and a New Pricing Bring Havok Back to Public By Stephan Steininger • 4 min read
Gaëtan Albert (Hakio) and Juliette Martin (Yaya), the founders of Erisia, have developed Curry.gg © Erisia Esports Erisia Launches Curry.gg to Increase Transparency Beyong Top Tiers By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
Recipients of funding from Rhineland-Palatinate at the industry get-together with State Secretary Heike Raab, Managing Director Verena Schmidt and funding officers Nadine Gehm and Senad Palic (Innovation Agency) © Medienförderung RLP Products Rhineland-Palatinate Approves €240,000 in Direct and Indirect Funding for Games In the first round of funding by Medienförderung RLP, the jury gave the green light for funding to 23 projects, including seven games, and three scholarships. The second round of funding will start in July. The jury had a difficult choice to make when selecting the recipients of this year& By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Luise Emilia Tschersich Gave the Keynote to Womenize! © Sandy Kramer Business Womenize! Celebrates Successful Anniversary Edition The organisers are more than satisfied with the anniversary edition of the Womenize! conference. The openness of the participants gives them courage for the future. The streamed conference can still be viewed on demand. For 10 years, the Womenize! conference has been a platform for diversity, visibility, empowerment of women By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GM Business Verbraucherzentrale Warns Publisher, Sues Roblox and Plans Position Paper In an investigation of five games, the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband discovered dark patterns and, according to the vzbv, prohibited purchase requirements for children, non-transparent prices or misleading discounts. It issued cease-and-desist proceedings and filled a lawsuit against Roblox. Additionally, vzbv wants to publish a position paper in the coming weeks. As By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
© Screenshots from announcement trailer/Red Bull Business Red Bull Launches Global Tetris Tournament With Final in Dubai To mark the self-declared World Tetris Day, Red Bull has launched qualifications for its own innovative global Tetris tournament, in cooperation with The Tetris Company. The final is set to take place in Dubai in December, featuring live Tetris in the sky with around 2,000 drones. The final tournament By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Maurcie (left) and Baso will play the games of six studios from NRW © inSight/Webedia Products Six NRW Studios Are Introduced in Collaboration With Maurice and Baso The Film- und Medienstiftung is breaking new ground in its support of games studios from NRW. Thanks to a co-operation with the streamers Baso and Maurice, six games from NRW and their studios can be presented. Applications are now open. Visibility is crucial for successful marketing. The Film- und Medienstiftung By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GM Products Microsoft Continues to Outpace Everyone on PlayStation By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© JvM Nerd Products Jung von Matt Nerd and got2b Bring New York's Christopher Street to Roblox To celebrate Pride Month, Jung von Matt Nerd created a Roblox experience for the Henkel brand got2b. As a homage to the origins of the annual Pride marches, the agency transports players back to Christopher Street in New York in 1969. Together with Jung von Matt Nerd (JvM Nerd), got2b By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
BPJ - The Musical (left) and Art of Fauna © gm Products Apple Honours Solo Developers from Germany, Austria and Canada as Winners As part of WWDC25, Apple has revealed the finalists and winners of this year's Apple Design Awards. Among them are Philipp Stollenmayer from Germany and Klemens Strasser from Austria, as well as LocalThunk from Canada. Philipp Stollenmayer from Germany has won the Apple Desgn Award in the Innovation By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Good Evil Products the Good Evil Brings Rascal's Escape to iOS and Android While the children's jury of the Goldener Spatz festival in Gera and Erfurt is deciding whether the nominated Rascal's Escape by the Good Evil will receive an award, the Cologne-based studio has also launched the title for iOS and Android – with an unusual approach to monetisation. By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
